Team Building Activities Explained Simply

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Pareto Law Workshop

Pareto Law WorkshopThis is a focused 60-minute session where your team uses the Pareto Principle to pinpoint the few tasks, issues, or priorities that drive the biggest impact.Read time: 4.5 minutesMost teams spend a lot of time on the wrong things.They don’t mean to. It just happens. The busy work, the small fires, the meetings […]

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Nonviolent Communication Model Workshop

Nonviolent Communication Model WorkshopThis workshop introduces the core principles of Nonviolent Communication and helps your team practise speaking honestly and listening with empathy in real workplace situations.Read time: 4 minutesBook cover of “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD, featuring colorful speech bubbles with the words empathy, collaboration, authenticity, and freedom.Some […]

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Polarity Mapping Workshop

Polarity Mapping WorkshopThis is a practical, interactive workshop where your team will learn how to use polarity maps to explore a real tension they face, uncover the benefits and risks on both sides, and agree on simple actions to keep the right balance in their work.Read time: 4 minutesHave you ever noticed how some team […]

Leadership and the One Minute Manager Workshop

Adapting Your Leadership: Leading the Person, Not the Role WorkshopThis is practical, hands-on workshop that equips you to flex your leadership style to match the needs of each team member and situation.Read time: 4.5 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from the book “Leadership and the One Minute Manager” by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, and […]

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Is Scrum Right for Us?

Is Scrum Right for Us?This is a practical, interactive session where your team will try out key Scrum practices, reflect on the experience and explore if Scrum is the right fit for how you work.Read time: 4.5 minutesMost teams I meet are working hard. Really hard. But if you ask them how much meaningful work they […]

Building a Healthy Leadership Team Workshop

Building a Healthy Leadership Team WorkshopThis practical, interactive session helps your leadership team strengthen trust, clarify purpose and priorities, and define clear roles so you work better together, make faster decisions, and reduce stress, confusion and friction across the team.Read time: 4.5 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from the book “The Advantage” by Patrick […]

Improve Team Culture Workshop

Improve Team Culture WorkshopThis practical hands-on workshop helps your team build a stronger team culture, communicate more openly and align around what matters so everyone feels safer, more connected and better equipped to work together.Read time: 4 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from the book “The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups” […]

Extreme Ownership Workshop

Extreme Ownership WorkshopThis workshop equips teams with the principles of Extreme Ownership, helping team members take full responsibility for their actions, improve communication, foster trust, and create a culture of accountability that drives performance and collaboration across the team and organisation.Read time: 6 minutesThis workshop is based on the insights from the book “Extreme Ownership: How […]

The Go-Giver Team Workshop

The Go-Giver Team Mindset WorkshopThis is a practical, interactive workshop helps teams apply the principles of the bestselling book, The Go-Giver, to build stronger relationships, work with greater purpose, and create more value for others.Read time: 5 minutesThis workshop is based on the insights from the book “The Go-Giver” by Bob Burg and John David […]

Leadership Team Growth and Resilience Workshop

Leadership Team Growth and Resilience WorkshopThis workshop helps leadership teams apply key insights from the book The Hard Thing About Hard Things to navigate challenges, make tough decisions, and build resilience in their teams.Read time: 5 minutesA CEO I’m working with shared a moment of crisis they’d gone through recently. Their company was on the brink […]

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Thanks for the Feedback Workshop

Thanks for the Feedback WorkshopThis is a practical, hands-on workshop based on the insights from the book Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen that helps you and your team build confidence in receiving feedback, reduce defensiveness, and turn everyday conversations into opportunities for learning, trust and better collaboration.Read time: 4.5 minutesThis workshop […]

Getting to Yes Workshop

Getting to Yes WorkshopThis practical workshop based on the insights from the book Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton introduces your team to the core principles of effective negotiation, helping each member communicate clearly, manage conflict constructively, and reach better agreements that strengthen trust and collaboration.Read time: 5 minutesThis workshop is […]

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Lean Startup Workshop

Lean Startup WorkshopThis practical workshop based on the insights from the book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries helps teams adopt a mindset of experimentation to improve how they work—one small, tested change at a time.Read time: 4 minutesThis workshop is based on the insights from the book “The Lean Startup” by Eric RiesMost teams […]

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Building Trust and Courage Together Workshop

Building Trust and Courage Together WorkshopRead time: 4 minutesThis workshop is based on the insights from “Dare to Lead” by Brené Brown.Most teams want to be more open, more honest, more connected. And yet—when it’s time to speak up, give feedback, admit a mistake, or ask for help—something gets in the way. That something is usually […]

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Master the Art of Business Strategy Workshop

Master the Art of Business Strategy WorkshopRead time: 5 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from the book “Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy” by Patrick Bet-David.A few months ago, I was working with a team that looked great on paper. Smart people. Clear goals. Plenty of experience. But they were stuck. They […]

McKinsey 7-S Model Workshop

McKinsey 7-S Model WorkshopRead time: 4 minutesMany teams struggle not because they lack talent or effort, but because the way they’re working together is out of sync. In this article, I’ll share a simple team workshop using the McKinsey 7-S Model that helps uncover misalignment and turn it into progress. It matters because performance suffers when strategy, […]

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Atomic Habits Workshop

Atomic Habits WorkshopRead time: 5 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from “Atomic Habits” by James ClearMost teams want to improve, but they don’t always know where to start. In this article, I’ll show you how a simple workshop can help your team build better habits that lead to lasting change. You’ll learn a practical method to […]

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Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model Workshops

Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model WorkshopsRead time: 4.5 minutesI’m sharing six practical team workshops based on the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model in this article. The Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model is a practical tool that helps teams understand how they develop and perform. It clearly shows every team’s stages, from initial formation and trust-building to achieving high performance and renewal. Using […]

Recognising & Reducing Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

Recognising & Reducing Unconscious Bias in the WorkplaceRead time: 3.5 minutesThis workshop is based on insights from Biased by Jennifer EberhardtIs your workplace truly fair, or just seemingly fair? Unconscious bias affects everything—from who gets hired to who gets heard in meetings. If your organisation isn’t actively addressing bias, it’s likely reinforcing it. Unconscious bias shapes the way we […]

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Managing Disagreements in Remote Teams

Managing Disagreements in Remote TeamsRead time: 3.5 minutesDisagreements are a natural part of teamwork. Especially in remote teams. But when small conflicts turn into regular arguments, they drain energy, slow progress, and damage trust. In this article, I’ll show you a practical 60-minute workshop designed to help remote teams turn unproductive disagreements into constructive conversations.Why This MattersWhen team […]

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